Improvement in box-fasteners



W' I"WINNB Box-Fastellel,l

Patented Feb. 4, 1879.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo VILLIAM I. WINNE, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEM ENT IN BOX-FASTENERS.

Specification formlng part of Letters Patent No. 212,079, dated February 4, 1879; application led November 9, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. YINNE, of the city and county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Devices for the Covers of Boxes, &c. ot' which the following is a full and exact description:

My invention relates to certain improvements on the fastening device for which Letters Patent of the United States, No. 195,874, were granted to me on the 2d day of October, 187 7 5 and it consists in forming in one of the limbs of the device an eye, which passes entirely around the locking-staple, thereby rendering the device useful as a hasp for a padlock.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speciiication, Figure l is a side elevation of one form of my device, and Fig. 2 a front eleva-tion of same 5 Fig.l 3, a side elevation of a modication of it, and Fig. 4 a front eleva-tion of same.

As shown in the drawings, the fastening is made of a metallic bar, preferably of wire, having sufficient elasticity to form a spring, bentat A to form a bight, which is secured by the staple a, to the cover. The two parts are bent at b to form the limbs B B', which extend downward at the side of the box. The limb B is bent at c to form a hook, C, which, as

shown` in Fig. 4, extends out in a straight line; but, as shown in Fig. 2, it is made with a return-bend at c', to form a bight for holding a seal, padlock, or other device for preventing the hook from being withdrawn from its staple D. The other limb, B', is given a counterbend at c3, to form an eye, which passes entirely around the base ofthe staple D.

When desirable to do so, either modification shown in the drawings may be used in conjunction with a padlock, by simply withdrawing the hook O from the staple D and resting it on the crown of the staple, the hinged link ofthe padlock beingpassed in its stead through the staple D. Vhen used in this manner the fastening serves the purpose of a padlock-hasp.

I claim as my invent-ion- The combination of the staple D with the improved fasteningl device herein described, consisting of a metallic bar bent to form the limbs B B' extending to the staple D, one of said limbs being provided with a hook, C, the other limb being bent to entirely surround said staple, to serve as a hasp, as and for the purpose herein specified.

IVILLIAM I. I'VINNE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. Low, E. F. BENH'AM. 

